Tag: family dinner

We picked up fresh halibut this weekend from Real Good Fish, as well as tomatoes from Mariquita Farms and our regular CSA box from Fifth Crow Farms. In our CSA box, we found Broccoli, Romano Green Beans, Basil, Strawberries, Raspberries, Butter Lettuce, Diva Cucumbers, Spring Onions and Summer squash. Dinners this week will be epic!

Our box from Fifth Crow Farms contained Rainbow chard, Baby spinach, “Blue Ballet” squash, Leeks, Carrots, Parsley, Red radishes, Green Cabbage and Cauliflower. There was an extra cauliflower in the trade box, so I riced that and packaged into 2-cup zip bags for the freezer. And, I hoard my winter squash, since they are

Mariquita Farms had a mystery box pickup last week, and I am expecting a bag from Farmdoor this week. Lots of veggies, which is great as we are hosting a few friends and family for dinner this week. And we have a special dinner planned for Tuesday to celebrate our favorite Irish-American holiday. Sunday: Roast

Another week, another plan. Last week’s highlight was the slow cooker posole on Thursday night. Winner. Used pork tenderloins and cooked all day and there was no way I thought that would do anything great for the pork. Was I surprised to find that the pork was tender and juicy and we enjoyed the posole with

Above, a photo from last week’s slow cooker dinner, Pot Roast. Winner. This week, I feel less like eating stews and soups. And I think this is mostly the fault of the weather. Warm temperatures here in California, feels like spring has sprung. My garden is confused. Anyway, last week’s menu plan worked like a

With basketball season in full swing, and some days a double header, I am revisiting my weekly dinner plans to see if it will help me get a handle on what I consider to be excessive eating out by my family. Honestly, if I don’t plan ahead, it is way easier to stop at a

From our Mariquita Farms and Happy Child CSA boxes, we have a lot of apples around our house these days, and since I am newly endowed with braces, I am not eating them out of hand as before. Besides sliced in lunches, I found a few other recipes last week that were quite tasty: Apple

Time to get serious again. After taking the whole summer off from weekly meal planning, we are back to school this week which means back to a schedule. If I don’t do this, I spend valuable time during the week rushing around shopping and prepping for dinner when I could be doing important things like

Our box this week from Mariquita Farms contained kohlrabi, a vegetable I had seen before at the farmer’s market, but had not tried myself. I was curious to give it a go, and Julia recommended peeling and eating it raw, like you would carrots or jicama. We tried it last night for dinner and both

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Welcome to my kitchen! My name is Gudrun and I started this blog in 2008 because I enjoy cooking, collecting kitchen gadgets and sharing recipes with family and friends. In addition to writing about day-to-day cooking experiences, I use this blog as a place to store family favorites, as well as the joys of cooking for and with my family. Glad you came to visit.